DUBAI: Renewed fighting in Gaza after a week-long truce has brought back a “nightmarish situation” for the Palestinian territory, the head of the Red Cross said. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai, Robert Mardini … read more
LONDON: A weeklong humanitarian pause in Gaza provided some respite for Palestinians in the beleaguered enclave. But the situation remains overwhelmingly bleak and, after the resumption of combat on Friday, potentially catastrophic. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israel … read more
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military has published a map of what it called “evacuation zones” in the Gaza Strip, after international demands to create safe areas where civilians can shelter from devastating bombardments. A truce pausing fighting between Israel and Hamas … read more
NEW YORK: At the request of Sudanese authorities, the UN Security Council on Friday ended the world body’s political mission in the African country ravaged by more than seven months of fighting between two rival generals. Taking note of a … read more
DUBAI: Jordan’s king said on Friday that war was making the threats from climate change even worse in the Gaza Strip. King Abdullah II told the UN’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai that “we cannot talk about climate change in … read more